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tuning : down 1/2 step D A she spent the night out with a guy who gives attention when she cries Bm A herself to sleep , i heard her say . . . D A Bm and so she gives him what he wants as long as he can make her feel ok , but A she’s not ok G D and we avoid the topics , we make the kids have secrets Bm A when they are exposed and everyone else knows G D we’ll say we never knew it , that they had a problem Bm D ’cause if we would have known , we surely would have solved it Bm D A Bm D A but we can’t , it’s too late , i said we can’t it’s too late D A he’s skipping classes ’cause he hates them , hopes he passes , not to take Bm A them all again , i heard him say . . . D A he escapes them with the pills , the ones he takes to make him feel like he’s Bm A ok , but he’s not ok G D and we avoid the topics , we make the kids have secrets Bm A when they are exposed and everyone else knows G D we’ll say we never knew it , that they had a problem Bm D ’cause if we would have known , we surely would have solved it Bm D A Bm D A but we can’t , it’s too late , i said we can’t it’s too late Em D Bm A god you’ve gotta save us , we hide behind the faces that we make to disguise Em D Bm the things that were ashamed of and all the ugly things that make us close A our eyes D Bm A D Bm A they make us close our eyes , why do we close our eyes? G D and we avoid the topics , we make the kids have secrets Bm A when they are exposed and everyone else knows G D we’ll say we never knew it , that they had a problem Bm D ’cause if we would have known , we surely would have solved it Bm D A Bm D A but we can’t , it’s too late , i said we can’t it’s too late